Built for WordPress using KadenceWP — a tool trusted by 500k+ site owners worldwide
Strategically designed — every section intentionally placed to guide your visitors
Easy to customize — code-free, drag-and-drop editing in the WordPress editor
Support included — easy-to-follow video tutorials + real human email support
You didn’t start your business to fight with your website.
You started it to help people. To share your expertise. To build something meaningful.
But somewhere along the way, you got stuck staring at a blank screen, Googling how to make your header sticky, and wondering why your site still doesn’t look like you imagined.
The Luminary Theme gives you everything you need to launch a professional, strategic website, without the tech headaches. Install it, customize it, and get back to the work that actually matters.
What’s included
More Page Templates Than Most Designers Deliver
It’s got the essential pages and pages you didn’t even know you needed.
Home Pages
Essential Pages
For Authors
For Speakers
For Communicators
Blog Pages
Landing & Theme Pages
This has every page you need as a communicator to thrive online!
Designed With You In Mind
Built for Authors Who Are Ready to Be Seen
Luminary is designed to present your books, story, and expertise with clarity and intention. Every page has a purpose, from showcasing your titles to supporting media features, events, and podcast appearances.
Built for Speakers Who Want to Be Booked
Turn your website into a powerful booking tool that clearly showcases your talks, builds trust fast, and makes it easy to say yes to hiring you.
Love This Design? Make It Yours
Not primarily an author or speaker? Luminary is equally powerful for consultants, coaches, creatives, and founders building a strong online presence. It’s designed to support your services, visibility, and audience growth in one cohesive platform.
If you love the design, you can shape it around your personal brand and make it fully your own.
Control Your Entire Site Design From One Place
You finally pick the perfect brand colors. You’re feeling good. Then you realize you have to update them on every single page, one by one, manually. And suddenly that “quick refresh” turns into rage-clicking through pages at midnight.
Not with this theme.
Your colors, typography, buttons, header, and footer are all controlled from one place: the customizer. Make a change, and your entire site updates instantly. You won’t have to hunt through pages or try to remember what you named that landing page you built six months ago.
Start with one of three built-in color palettes, or drop in your own brand colors. Adjust your fonts, modify the button styles, and your whole site stays consistent. When you inevitably change your mind later, updates take seconds, not hours.
Extremely Customizable Without Code
In the theme customizer, you can swap out the fonts, color palette, and button styles with just a few clicks. Plus, you can adjust the header and footer, blog post layouts, and more to make the theme uniquely yours. As you edit each page, you can type over the demo text and replace the images with your own using the drag-and-drop visual editor.
You can launch your own site
How It Works
Simply follow these steps to get your website up and running in no time! We provide you with detailed training.
Purchase
Grab the theme and get instant access to your files and setup tutorials.
Install
Follow our step-by-step video to install the theme in minutes. (It’s easier than you think.)
Customize
Swap in your colors, fonts, photos, and content. Make it yours.
Launch
Hit publish and finally have a website you’re proud to share.
NOT TECH SAVVY?
You Don’t Need To Know Code. Just Follow Along.
Your theme purchase includes access to Training Central, our library of self-paced tutorials and theme documentation that will guide you through the theme customization process.
Is This Theme Right For You?
You’ll love this if:
Maybe not the best fit if:
Bonuses
But Wait, There’s More!
We wanted Luminary to give you more than just a theme, so we’ve included exclusive bonuses to help your site look professional and convert visitors into subscribers, clients, and students.
3 Homepage Pages
No two communicators build their brand the same way. That’s why Luminary comes with three homepage designs, each tailored to a different type of creative professional.
Events and Podcasts
Whether you’re sharing your latest talk or promoting your next appearance, Luminary has you covered. Our theme is fully compatible with tools that make showcasing events and publishing podcast episodes simple and professional.
2 Sidebars
Not everyone needs the same content in their sidebar — and Luminary doesn’t make you choose just one. The theme includes two distinct sidebar layouts, each crafted to match your role.
Meet the Kadence Insider Behind DIY Dream Site
I’m Katy. I built and sold a blog for five figures, turned a freelance side hustle into a six-figure web design agency, and spent 18 months as the Senior Product Marketing Manager for KadenceWP.
I’ve designed 100+ custom websites. I know what converts and what just looks pretty. And I built everything I’ve learned into this WordPress theme, so you don’t have to figure it out the hard way.
100+ custom websites built
1.5 year at Kadence as a marketing Pro
6-figure web design agency owner
What Customers Are Saying
“I am proud to send people to my site now, not embarrassed about the post layout or look. The result was better than I imagined.
~ Sandra, Dash of Sanity
“Before working with Katy, my website made me so insecure and incomplete. Now, I am ready to help more clients, and I can take on the world.”
~ Nkechi Ajaeroh
“Money well spent! The Rae theme and membership fulfilled the purpose I joined it for. Thank you so much!”
~ Brittany Ann
It’s time for you to
Launch a Site You’re Actually Proud Of
Strategically designed. Ridiculously easy to customize.
Luminary Theme
TOTAL VALUE: $5,850+
Your Price:
$299
WHAT YOU GET:
$5,000 value
$100 value
$250 value
$300 value
$200 value
Instant access: download the theme zip file, quick start guide, and setup videos immediately after purchase.
Done-For-You Design
starting At:
$5,000+
WHAT YOU GET:
Because every website is unique and spots are limited, all website design projects require a discovery call so that we can provide a custom quote tailored to your needs.
When you click this button, you’ll be redirected to a form to share details about your project. If you’re a good fit, we’ll invite you to schedule a discovery call with our team.
The “Demo Match” Guarantee
Here’s the deal: digital downloads can’t be returned. But if you follow our step-by-step tutorials and your site still doesn’t match the demo, just send us a screenshot. We’ll step in and install it correctly.
What You Need to Get Started
Platform
This theme requires a self-hosted WordPress.org website. DIY Dream Site themes are not compatible with websites created on WordPress.com, other platforms like Squarespace, Showit, Wix, or WordPress page builders like Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, etc.
Parent Theme
This theme is a Kadence child theme that uses WordPress Blocks/Gutenberg to build its pages. The Free Kadence theme is required to be installed on your site for it to work properly.
Image Use
All images displayed on this theme are copyrighted by Ivory Mix. You may use the demo images on your website, but you may not extract and use these photos outside of your website.
Should you want an extended license to use the photos in a different application, please subscribe to the Ivory Mix Membership.
Optional, but recommended:
For $219 themes:
For maximum flexibility and more tools at your fingertips (without touching code), we recommend upgrading to a Kadence plan (any plan, except for the Express Plan).
For $299 themes:
Some pages in this theme use Kadence Blocks Pro or Kadence Theme Pro features. To access those plugins, you’ll need a Kadence plan (choose any plan, except for the Express plan). Don’t want to upgrade? It’s not required, but you won’t be able to utilize all features within the theme.
Dream Sites In The Wild
Want this level of design without starting from scratch? Luminary Theme is your shortcut to a site that looks professional fast.
FAQ
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I hope these help make your decision to purchase the Luminary Theme an easy YES!
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